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Song title:      Frankenstein
Original Album:	 I'm With Stupid

Words and Music by Aimee Mann
Copyright © 1995 Geffen Records
Published by Universal Music Group

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
This was transcribed from a live performance so is likely to be a little
different from the album version. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Chords:
Em  022000    C/G 332010
Bm  x24432    D   xx0232

[play: | Em Bm | C/G D |]  [x2]


VERSE:
Chords:
Em  022000    D  xx0232    Am x02210
Bm  x24432    G  320003
C/G 332010    F  133211

        Em            Bm       C/G           D
I don't know you from Adam, it could make my day
       Em         Bm           C/G      D
If you leave me a message I'll give it away
           Em           Bm             C/G          D
'Cause the most perfect strangers that you can talk to
        Em          Bm               C/G        D
Are the ones who pretend that you're not really you

         Em    D              C/G         G
Are with any attempts here to play Frankenstein
          Em        D           F           | C/G | Em |
Come with plenty of chances for changing your mind

            Em            D      C/G
When you're building your own creation
          Em          D            C/G     G    D   C/G  | G D | C/G |
Nothing's better than real, than a real imita___a - tion


VERSE:
Chords:
Em  022000    D  xx0232
Bm  x24432    F  133211
C/G 332010    Am x02210

        Em         Bm        C/G        D
I won't find it fantastic or think it absurd
         Em         Bm             C/G        D
When the gun in the first act goes off in the third
            Em            Bm        C/G       D
'Cause it's rare that you ever know what to expect
       Em          Bm           C/G          D
From a guy made of corpses with bolts in his neck

       Em          D           C/G          G
If the creature is limping the parts are in place
       Em          D         F        | C/G | Em |
With a mind of its own and a fist for a face

       Em         D      C/G
Say hello to your new creation
         Em          D            C/G     G    D   C/G  | G D | C/G |
Now it's better than real, it's a real imita___a - tion


BRIDGE:
Chords:
Bb   x13331
D/F# 2x023x
Fm   133111

Bb                        D/F#
  You may wonder what the catch is
                      Fm
As we batten down the hatches


VERSE:
Chords:
Em  022000    D  xx0232    D/F# 2x023x
Bm  x24432    F  133211
C/G 332010    Am x02210

         Em       Bm            C/G        D
And when later we find that the thing we devised
        Em        Bm         C/G        D
Has the villagers clamouring for it's demise
        Em        Bm        C/G    D
We will have to admit the futility of
          Em             Bm           C/G         D
Trying to make something more of this jerry-built love

           Em        D          C/G      G
And you'll notice it bears a resemblance to 
     Em       D         F         | C/G | Em |
Everything I imagined I wanted from you

       Em            D      C/G
But at least it's my own creation
         Em          D            C/G     G    D   C/G  | G D | C/G |
And it's better than real, it's a real imita___a - tion


[play: | G D | C/G |]  [x2]

[play: | Bb | D/F# | Fm | Em |]

[play: | Em Bm | C/G D |]  [x2]

[end on an arpeggiated Em]